Talmud for Shabbat 187:2

את החי במטה פטור אף על המטה: לימא מתני' רבי נתן היא ולא רבנן דתניא המוציא בהמה חיה ועוף לרה"ר בין חיין ובין שחוטין חייב רבי נתן אומר על שחוטין חייב ועל חיין פטור שהחי נושא את עצמו אמר רבא אפילו תימא רבנן ע"כ לא פליגי רבנן עליה דרבי נתן אלא בבהמה חיה ועוף דמשרבטי נפשייהו אבל אדם חי דנושא את עצמו אפילו רבנן מודו

[IF ONE CARRIES OUT] A LIVING PERSON IN A BED, HE IS NOT CULPABLE EVEN IN RESPECT OF THE BED. Shall we say that our Mishnah is [according to] R. Nathan, but not the Rabbis? For it was taught: If one carries out an animal, beast,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Behemah means a domestic animal; hayyah, a non-domestic animal. ');">⁴</span> or bird into the street, whether alive or [ritually] killed, he is liable [to a sacrifice]; R. Nathan said: For killed ones he is liable, but for live ones he is exempt, because the living [creature] carries itself! Said Raba, You may even say [that it agrees with] the Rabbis: the Rabbis differ from R. Nathan only in respect of an animal, beast, and bird, which stiffen themselves,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Making themselves a dead weight, and thus they are a real burden. ');">⁵</span> but as for a living person, who carries himself,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He has natural buoyancy. ');">⁶</span>

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